About the Role
Scholars Portal, a department of the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL), is seeking an individual to engineer, implement, and support technical products and systems for various Scholars Portal services. This role involves collaborating on issue resolution, improving CI/CD systems, and automating routine tasks.
Responsibilities
- Developing and programming network applications
- Customizing open source web applications
- Analyzing and installing networking equipment
- Configuring system applications according to needs
- Troubleshooting complex computer system problems
- Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
- Minimum five years of experience
- Demonstrated experience in infrastructure automation coding using scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell or equivalent)
- Strong experience in maintaining and operating Linux based servers and web application software (Apache, Tomcat, Node.js, HAProxy)
- In-depth knowledge of practices and tools related to DevOps, IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Gitlab, Chef)
- Proficient with one or more scripting languages such as Python
- Knowledge of web traffic log collection and analytics platforms (Elastic Stack)
- Working knowledge of virtualization, KVM, or equivalent
- Strong knowledge of systems and networking software, hardware, and networking protocols
- Experience in supporting Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database environments
- Advanced skills in creating and maintaining technical documentation
- Flexibility, initiative, and the ability to work and learn independently
- Excellent communication skills and an ability to communicate technical details courteously and clearly to non-technical users
- Experience with Container technology such as Kubernetes, or Docker is an asset
- Experience in at least one end-user ticket management system
- Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Munin, Zabbix, or Prometheus is an asset
Skills
- Bash
- Python
- PowerShell
- Apache
- Tomcat
- Node.js
- HAProxy
- DevOps
- IaC
- CI/CD pipelines
- Jenkins
- Gitlab
- Chef
- Elastic Stack
- KVM
- Oracle
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Nagios
- Munin
- Zabbix
- Prometheus
Location
- St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Work Type
- Grant - Term
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum five years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $91,677. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $117,242.
About the Company
- The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked in the top five among peer institutions in North America.
- The system comprises 40 libraries located across three university campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough.
- This diverse and extensive network of college libraries, special collections, and specialized information centres plays a pivotal role in supporting the teaching, scholarly, and research needs of nearly 100,000 students enrolled in a wide array of graduate, professional, and undergraduate programs.
- The library system provides access to millions of resources in various formats, including electronic, print, audio-visual, data and geospatial materials.
- UTL also boasts impressive holdings of archival material and substantial digital collections, securely preserved in the libraries' data centre.
- The staff at UTL are integral to the academic and scholarly enterprise, working closely with faculty and students to support their teaching, learning, and research requirements.
- They are subject matter experts; they are skilled in research data management, collections, statistics, GIS, metadata, digital preservation, scholarly communications, copyright, teaching, knowledge synthesis, open access and much more.
- Our work is grounded in our commitment to support equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- UTL continuously evolves to meet the changing academic priorities and pressures at the University and within the broader landscape of higher education.
Equal Opportunity
- Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
